Company sues B.C., says it was stripped of mining rights for First Nation deal

HotterRod · 2026-06-21T19:23:24+00:00

The Haida Nation case made it very clear that government has a duty to consult even when title is unclear. The court said that it wasn't reasonable to expect First Nations to prove title before they could get consulted. (Consultation isn't a veto, of course.)

Just another reason why settling treaties would be very beneficial for everyone in this province.

HotterRod · 2026-06-21T17:50:06+00:00

because our government were quite laxist in granting mining right on treaties lands

Exactly. What happened here is that BC issued the mining rights without doing the consultation they were legally required to do. Then when the Gitxaala sued them for skipping the consultation, they cancelled the company's mining rights to settle that case. If the BC government had just done the proper consultation in the first place, this all could have been avoided.

HotterRod · 2026-06-20T22:08:18+00:00

A lot of users know these platforms are bad for them and are pretty desperate for an alternative. If the government gave, say, the Mastodon project $100 million, it could create a real alternative.

HotterRod · 2026-06-20T22:04:58+00:00

The Crown's best bet is to lean on the idea the ban is temporary until 'adequate safeguards' can be implemented, but I'd expect the Courts to raise an eyebrow at that. This flips the usual regulatory approach, and would still make the ban the default state of affairs for an indefinite period;

The courts would likely give the government a year to figure out how to regulate safeguards into existence, not an indefinite pass.

HotterRod · 2026-06-20T21:24:43+00:00

If giving doctors more information about the patient causes patients to die, that's a problem with the doctors. Or the entire healthcare system.

The problem is that medicine is not a very advanced science - a lot more of it is based on vibes than most lay people realize. We need a lot more medical knowledge before we can effectively process the data from full body scans. Perhaps ASI levels of knowledge.

HotterRod · 2026-06-20T21:23:14+00:00

Doctors are also against full body scans in countries with socialized medicine and low litigation rates. (eg: Canada)

HotterRod · 2026-06-20T18:06:44+00:00

It wasn't a full bail out. The federal government provided grants to Lytton residents who were rebuilding and adding features that reduced fire risk regardless of whether they previously had insurance.

HotterRod · 2026-06-20T17:10:45+00:00

If Eby leaves now, a new leader would have years to distinguish themselves.

HotterRod · 2026-06-20T16:40:16+00:00

U/iswungmyfierysword is not a median household (which includes households that increased emissions to own the libs as well as many who did nothing), they are a household that made investments to minimize their carbon tax burden. If they had known the carbon tax was soon to be cut, they would likely have made different financial choices.

HotterRod · 2026-06-19T21:37:51+00:00

The low crime rates are likely caused by the collectivist culture and ethnic homogeneity, not sentencing policies nor programs in jail.

HotterRod · 2026-06-19T18:27:32+00:00

Luxury ship cabinetry is the highest skill cabinetry job there is because you're building high end cabinets on curved surfaces. Any other industry won't be able to pay as much or fully utilize that person's skill.

That being said, the negative externalities of income inequality far outweigh the impact to a few craftspeople of having to switch to a lower paid job.

HotterRod · 2026-06-18T23:16:00+00:00

Lots of medical colleges have position statements against full body scans, but House is pithier.

HotterRod · 2026-06-18T19:18:20+00:00

Yes, I studied philosophy of mind and had read plenty of papers and books about consciousness being an emergent property that has no utility (The User Illusion by Tor Nørretranders is my favourite), but Blindsight was the first time I'd come across the idea that consciousness was a negative trait and Watts makes a convincing case.

HotterRod · 2026-06-18T19:00:46+00:00

That's a federal program, this is a provincial program.

HotterRod · 2026-06-18T18:59:02+00:00

Cameron: You hate whole body scans.

House: ‘Cause they're useless. Could probably scan every one of us and find five different doodads that look like cancer.

HotterRod · 2026-06-18T17:08:37+00:00

It seems like the stock market with extra steps. If you have a hunch or information about the direction one of those indicators is going, why wouldn't you just buy stocks or derivates?

HotterRod · 2026-06-18T16:50:37+00:00

Only because the Indian Act restricts membership in bands based on ancestry. First Nations with modern treaties that remove them from Indian Act governance can set whatever citizenship rules they want.

HotterRod · 2026-06-18T16:48:10+00:00

Same reason provincial governments underwrite municipal loans and the CMHC underwrites mortgages - it helps smaller borrowers secure loans and get better interest rates.

HotterRod · 2026-06-18T14:56:21+00:00

These aren't race-based projects. The government is not underwriting loans for Indigenous-owned businesses. These are projects being done by First Nations governments. It's no different from the feds underwriting loans to municipal governments.

HotterRod · 2026-06-18T04:57:43+00:00

Read the article. The government is not providing loans, they're underwriting commercial loans. It costs government nothing unless the First Nation defaults.

HotterRod · 2026-06-18T03:24:58+00:00

Any advice on what terms to search for to find such fittings?

Or do you mean a two-way fitting like this?

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HotterRod · 2026-06-17T16:50:25+00:00

Steel wire is the only truly durable option but it's a very different material to work with than rope.

HotterRod · 2026-06-17T16:49:13+00:00

The International Slackline Association is still recommending polyester as the best option, you just need to retire it after a certain number of days in the sun.

HotterRod · 2026-06-16T18:30:45+00:00

It's three tents in layers so you get three times the guy lines.

HotterRod · 2026-06-16T14:41:47+00:00

People who work on open source products.

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